Xyloidine fok usb in the arts



some fitmewo it Letters Patent No. 97,454, dated November 30, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN DISSOLYING- .XYLOIDINEIPOR USE IN THE ARTS.

The Schedule referred to in thea'e'laetters Patent animal-L ng part of the same.

This invention relates to the preparation and use of certain, solvents of xyloidine, and which differ from the ordinary or known solvents of xyloidine, in that these men'strua, which arecmployed, are not necessarily ,in themselves solvents ofxyloidimnbut become so by the addition of the bodies, compounds, or snbstancesherein referred to.

The solvents, among other applications, may be employed in conjunction withmy invention for im provcmcn ts in compounds containing xyloidine in these processes, which. are described in Letters Patent,

granted to me, N i).l,377, dated J une 15, 1869, and as substitutes for tho non-volatile solvents ther in descrihcd; and

This invention consists in the employment- First, of camphor, or of camphor-oil, or mixtures of the same, in conjunction with hydrocarbons, or of such volatile products as exist in or are obtained from the distillation of petroleum, or the volatileproducts obtained by the distillation of the residual products resulting from the distillation of coal, shale, or other bituminous substances, and .which volatile products have a boiling-point or boilingpoints iiom'about 220 to about 400 l ahrenheit, the-same to be employed in about equal proportions.

Second, of camphor, or vamphor-oil, or mixture of thesame, in conjunction with alcohol or spirits of wine, the same to be employed in about equal proportions.

Thirdly, of hydrocarbons, having al'ioiling-point ra'ngimg from 220 to At") l ahrenheit, in conjunction" with alcohol or spirits of wine in about equal pro- Y portions.

Fonrthly, of caster-oil, ofcamphor, or. oticamphoroil, or of mixtures of the same, in conjunction with alcohol or'spirits of'wine in about equal proportions.

Fifth] y, ot'the admixture of camphor, or of camphoroil, or inixtnrcs ot the same with hydrocarbons, such as before re, cllid to, in conjunctionwith alcohol or spirits of wine, all in about the same proportions, and the employment of the same, either as a simple admixture, or, by preference, of the distillate of such mixture.

Sixthly, of the admixture of camphor, or ,of comphor-oil, or mixtures of the same with bisulphide of carbon, in conjunction with alcohol or spirits of wine, all in about the same proportions, and the employment of the same either as asimple admixture, or. by preference, of the distillate of such mixture.

Sevcnthly, aldehyde, either alone or in conjunction with alcohol or spirits of wine, in'about equal propor- SPILIL, of Paradise tions,rand the employment of the same, either as a. simple admixture, or, by preference, of the distillate of such mixture.

I-Eighthly, of the employment of any two or more of any .of the before-mentioned solvents, either in the proportion of about equal parts,- or in other'propor. tions.

In all of those instances in which the word alcohol is mentioned, it is to beunderstood that methylated spirit may be substituted.

According to one method of applyinginy invention, I dissolve the xyloidinein any of the before-mentioned solvents or mixtures of the samgand then incorporate the solution of, or the softened xyloidine, with animal, fish, vegetable, ,or mim-ral-oils, oxidized or otherwise, such, for example, as lardmil, cod-liver oil, castor-oil, t-ar-oih'or heavy coal-oils, orwith mixturesof the-same, together with the admixture of other in; gredient s,s ucb as parafl'ine, :amphor, resins, fat, wax, or mixtures of the same, so as, to produce a material or materials which maybe employed; citheralone or in conjunction with pigment-s or other inert bodies, for the production of a compound or compounds, which may beapplied for useful purposes in the arts.

The xyloidinc may be dissolved while in a hydrated condition, but it is bypreicrenco to be previously dried or deprived of moisture by any of the well-known methods.

- The consistency of the product will be dependent on the proportions of the several ingredients employed. Thus, for example, when I wish to obtain a material suitable for the covering or protecting of telegraphwircs, or for moulding, rolling, or spreading, I have found that the several materials employed in about the ibllowing pro -iortions, viz, xyloidine, twentysevcn parts by weight; castor oil, twcnty seven parts by weight; camphor, six parts by weight;- solvents, either of 'the Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,7, 8, fort-y parts by weight; equal to one hundred parts by weight.

\Vhen it is desired to obtain amaterial which shall possess greater or less flexibility, or, greater or less fluidity, then lincrease or decrease the proportion or characterof'the oil or oils until the desired properties are obtained.

*VVha-t I'wish to secure as myinvention, is

The preparation and use of solvents of xyloidine; such as have been before described, so as to render" xyloidine more easy'ot conversiontinto compoundscontainingxyloidine, which are suitable for applications in the arts, and for industrial purposes;

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification,- in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

DANIEL SPILL.

W'Vitnesses:

HENRY S'rnvnss, Ones. MILLS,

Clerks to Mr. J. Henry Johnson,

47 Lincolns Inn Fields, M iddlcsez, England. 

